viii, 368 pages : 25 cm

Writings on Glass highlights the life and career of America's best-known classical composer, Philip Glass. Well-known as a champion of minimalism, Glass's operas (Einstein on the Beach; Satyograha), film scores (Koyaanisqatsi; The Thin Blue Line), and symphonic and popular works have made him a dominant figure on the American musical landscape. This book traces the development of Glass's varied work through in-depth interviews, along with critical writings by leading

Musicologists

Includes list of works (pages 333-344)

Discography: pages 345-352

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-332) and index

Philip Glass (1989) / Tim Page -- Interview : education (1989) / Ev Grimes ; edited by Philip Glass and Richard Kostelanetz (1996) -- Philip Glass and Steve Reich : two from the steady state school (1974) / Joan La Barbara -- Dialogue with Philip Glass and Steve Reich (1980) / Tim Page -- Chronicle, 1972-1981 (1989) / Tom Johnson -- Form and process (1981) / Wes York -- Glass and Snow (1970) / Richard Foreman -- Chronicle, 1977-1980 / Art Lange -- Listening to Glass (1974) / John Howell -- Music in 12 parts (1993) / Tim Page -- The touring composer as keyboardist (1980) / Allan Kozinn -- Philip Glass (1979) / Richard Kostelanetz -- Minimalism : T (1992) / Edward Strickland -- Philip Glass on composing for film and other forms : the case of Koyaanisqatsi (1990) / Charles Merrell Berg -- Einstein on the beach (1977) / David Cunningham -- Listening to Glass (1981) / Joseph Roddy -- Glass's Satyagraha (1986) / Allan Kozinn -- Philip Glass : the photographer (1984, revised 1996) / Robert C. Morgan -- Interview with Philip Glass (1984) -- Editor's preface to "Philip Glass's Akhnaten" by Paul John Frandsen (1993) / Mark Swed -- Philip Glass's Akhnaten (1993) / Paul John Frandsen -- Hydrogen jukebox (1990) / Thomas Rain Crowe --Interview on operas (1990) / John Koopman -- Midtown avant-gardist (1992) / Kyle Gann -- Star drek (1992) / Peter G. Davis -- Style & soul : interview (1992) / David Walters -- The sound of minimalism : Philip Glass in concert and on record (1987) / Aaron M. Shatzman -- Philip Glass (1986) / Richard Serra -- First lesson, best lesson (1992) / Tricycle

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